water in trunk, repair it for 5 bucks!

[nowkear]

when i bought my cb7. it have a lot of water all around my spare tire.. i remove the rubber plug in the bottom of my trunk, and i start lookin at where this water come from, i found that come from the taillight seal that dont seal anymore...2 solution come to me, buy a new set of taillight gasket at the dealer at high cost, or lookin at a cheap way to fix it...

let's done it the cheap way!

i remove the taillight, remove the gasket... put some removable sillicone at the place of the gasket (one used to seal windows for cold winter in here, i think it's called ZIP) and finish the work with a line of this sillicone on the top of the taillight, just to make sure the rain water will flow out of the trunk and not in

i used removable scellant in case i will want to change my taillight.. just have to pull this out and it's done

it's work really great, no more water in my trunk, my sub is happy!

[Mangudai]

removeable silicone eh..where can you buy it

[Maple50175]

also, if you have any rust, it comes in from there.............

[nowkear]

removeable silicone eh..where can you buy it

i buy it at walmart or any home renovation center like home depot or rona(dont think you get it in the us)

that stuff is used to put around windows to stop the cold air from outside... and its removable just by pulling it out (sometime little hard.. but its removable anyway)

[cp[mike]]

is it that white clay type stuff that you press into window edges with your finger?

i used a thing of clear silicone, that worked well too. sealed the gaskets to the car, the tails to the gaskets

[TypeG]

i'd rather just buy a new gasket, but that's me. later.

[cp[mike]]

i'd rather just buy a new gasket, but that's me. later.

i went to the parts dept to pick up new gaskets, and it just happened that some lady was picking up a single gasket for a 91 accord... she paid $22 for it, thats when i turned around and went home.

[TypeG]

i went to the parts dept to pick up new gaskets, and it just happened that some lady was picking up a single gasket for a 91 accord... she paid $22 for it, thats when i turned around and went home.

LOL, money well spent. later.

[nowkear]

is it that white clay type stuff that you press into window edges with your finger?

i used a thing of clear silicone, that worked well too. sealed the gaskets to the car, the tails to the gaskets

no its like mono, in a tube working with a "mono gun" dont know how to say it

[nowkear]

i'd rather just buy a new gasket, but that's me. later.

it's your choice, i decided to do it like this because they are other thing more important i need to fix on my car, some little tricks like this permit other repair more important to be accomplish when your not rich

[Tatersplz]

it's your choice, i decided to do it like this because they are other thing more important i need to fix on my car, some little tricks like this permit other repair more important to be accomplish when your not rich

Just want to say i feel you man on the whole rich thing. Good luck with all the fixes

[nowkear]

Just want to say i feel you man on the whole rich thing. Good luck with all the fixes

[TypeG]

who's rich? we all drive 15 year old hondas. later.

[deckeda]

Shortly after I got my CB7 about 8 years ago I noticed moisture in the trunk. I bought new gaskets and it's been fine ever since. But I don't recall paying anything close to $22 apiece for them.

But even so, if you can fix a leak for several years for $50 or less that's not such a bad deal.

I had a '91 Civic with an additional problem --- water in the tails. After buying my third set tail light harnesses I finally took out the tails and drilled small holes along the bottom edge (where you couldn't see, and where water wouldn't come in). Fixed. Well, as far as anyone knew.

[90EX]

Clear silicon sealant would do the trick.
edit* I am WAY behind.